Education in Japan A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and

This book illustrates the nature of Japan’s education system and identifies its strengths and weaknesses, as well as the socioeconomic environment surrounding education in contemporary Japanese society. It describes the basic institutional structure of ea

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Yuto Kitamura Toshiyuki Omomo Masaaki Katsuno Editors

Education in Japan

A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices

Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects Volume 47 Series Editors-in-Chief Professor Rupert Maclean, Office of Applied Research and Innovation, College of the North AtlanticQatar, Doha, Qatar Dr Lorraine Pe Symaco, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Editorial Board Professor Bob Adamson, The Education University of Hong Kong, China Dr Robyn Baker, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Wellington, New Zealand Professor Michael Crossley, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Ms Shanti Jagannathan, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines Dr Yuto Kitamura, University of Tokyo, Japan Professor Colin Power, Graduate School of Education, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Professor Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Advisory Board Professor Mark Bray, UNESCO Chair, Comparative Education Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, China; Professor Yin Cheong Cheng, The Education University of Hong Kong, China; Professor John Fien, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia; Dr Pham Lan Huong, International Educational Research Centre, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Dr Chong-Jae Lee, Korean Educational, Development Institute (KEDI), Seoul, Republic of Korea; Ms Naing Yee Mar, GIZ, Yangon, Myanmar; Professor Geoff Masters, Australian Council for Educational Research, Melbourne, Australia; Margarita Pavlova, The Education University of Hong Kong, China; Dr Max Walsh, Secondary Education Project, Manila, Philippines; Dr Uchita de Zoysa, Global Sustainability Solutions (GLOSS), Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Yuto Kitamura  •  Toshiyuki Omomo Masaaki Katsuno Editors

Education in Japan A Comprehensive Analysis of Education Reforms and Practices

Editors Yuto Kitamura Graduate School of Education The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

Toshiyuki Omomo Gakushuin Women’s College Tokyo, Japan

Masaaki Katsuno Graduate School of Education The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan

ISSN 1573-5397     ISSN 2214-9791 (electronic) Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ISBN 978-981-13-2630-1    ISBN 978-981-13-2632-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2632-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018961384 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even i